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Growth and Productivity in Papua New Guinea.

Faal, Ebrima - 2006

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY -- III. TRENDS IN GDP AND PER CAPITA GDP GROWTH -- IV. GROWTH ACCOUNTING AND TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY -- V. IMPLICATIONS FOR MEDIUM-TERM GROWTH -- VI. DETERMINANTS OF PRODUCTIVITY IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA -- VII. SUMMARY AND...

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Tourism Specialization and Economic Development

Piotrowski, John M. - 2009

The present paper investigates whether tourism specialization is a viable strategy for development. We estimate standard growth equations augmented with a variable measuring tourism specialization using instrumental variables techniques for a large cross-section of countries for the period...

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Analyzing Fiscal Space Using the MAMS Model

Fund, International Monetary - 2009

This paper analyses economic implications and the transmission mechanisms of different options for creating and using fiscal space. For creating fiscal space, we consider prioritizing expenditures, raising revenue, and scaled-up aid. Fiscal space is used for increasing health and education...

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Environmental Tax Reform : Principles from Theory and Practice to Date

Parry, Ian W.H - 2012

energy/environmental tax systems in Germany, Sweden, Turkey, and Vietnam suggests that there is substantial scope for policy … Reforms: The Case of Germany, Sweden, Turkey, and Vietnam -- A. Comparing Energy Systems in Sweden, Germany, Turkey, and … Vietnam -- B. Externality Assessment -- C. Evaluating Environmental Tax Systems -- D. Conclusion -- Figures -- 1. Revenues …

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Unpacking Impact of COVID-19 on Vietnamese Firms: Evidence from a Novel Survey

Dabla-Norris, Era - 2022

Using a unique representative panel survey of Vietnamese enterprises in 2020, we find that the pandemic and associated government support package had a heterogenous impact across firms. The government support package, particularly tax cuts and deferrals, helped alleviate short term stress, but...

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Digitalization and Social Protection: Macro and Micro Lessons for Vietnam

Hosny, Amr - 2022

improve the delivery of social protection programs and better reach eligible beneficiaries. Using data from the Vietnam … pandemic. While digitalization offers opportunities, potential risks would need to be carefully managed. Vietnam is advancing …

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Quarterly Projection Model for Vietnam: A Hybrid Approach for Monetary Policy Implementation

Epstein, Natan - 2022

We present a newly developed Quarterly Projection Model (QPM) for Vietnam. This QPM represents an extended version of … the canonical New Keynesian semi-structural model, accounting for Vietnam-specific factors, including a hybrid monetary …